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The Concurrent Education program at our Brantford Campus is offered in partnership with Laurier Brantford. Graduates receive an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Society, Culture & Environment from Laurier Brantford and a Bachelor of Education from Nipissing.

MRP/Thesis Defence Process

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The thesis or MRP is a
culmination of all of the work and effort that goes into researching and
preparing for a graduate degree. Outlined below is a general description of the defence process and may vary depending on program. Please contact your supervisor, program coordinator/chair or Graduate Studies Coordinator for additional information.

Before Defence:

1.Prior to the student submission, the Supervisor will begin the process of establishing an Examination
Committee by providing the names of External Examiners to the Graduate Coordiantor/Chair. CLICK HERE FOR FORM

2. Student will submit thesis/MRP to SGS. SGS will share document with External Examiner, who has 4 weeks to complete a report.

3. Once SGS received External Examiner's Report, it is then shared with Supervisor. (Defence date and time can be booked minimum 1 week from reciept of external examiner's report)

4.The School of Graduate Studies
will make arrangements for the date, time and location of the defence.

5.SGS invites Nipissing University community to defence.

During Defence:

1.The Chair of the Examination
Committee will deliver a brief introduction and will clarify the procedures and/or
agenda of the examination process.

2.Depending on the guidelines of the
program, the Student will make a presentation on the MRP/T​hesis, about 20 to 40
minutes in duration.

3.The Examination Committee will
ask questions. The order of the
questions will vary between programs.
The questions will normally occur in rounds, with each examiner asking one
question per round. The question period will normally last 1 to 2 hours.

4.Questions from the public (if
applicable) are held until after the questions from the Examination Committee
have been answered.

5.After the questioning has been
completed the Examination Committee will deliberate in camera to decide on the
outcome of the defence and complete the Examination Committee Report.

6.After deliberations the
Examination Committee Chair will inform the student of the outcome.

Conditional Pass with minor revisions: All members LESS the supervisor have option to sign the Signature Page

Conditional Pass with major revisions: All members LESS the supervisor have option to sign the Signature Page

Fail - Signature Page not needed

Adjourned

2. Should revisions need to be made, the supervisor is responsible for ensuring the student makes all required changes by the date determined by the committee and shared on the Examination Committee Report. Once final version of the MRP/Thesis has been reviewed and approved by the supervisor, the supervisor will then sign the Signature Page and forward along with the MRP/Thesis to the Defence Chair. The Defence Chair will then sign the Certificate of Examination ​and send all documentation (forms and MRP/thesis) to SGS.

3. SGS will send both the signed Signature Page and Certificate of Examination to the student. The student will then insert the Certificate of Examination into the final version of their MRP/Thesis. At this point the student will also receive instructions for the final submission process.

4. Student submits final copy and all required documentation to SGS.

5. SGS reviews all required documentation and submits a grade for approval.